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Through herculean feats of navigation, strength and determination, salmon return to the place of their birth for the spawning ritual…to give life and then die—a story that’s been repeating itself since long before humans appeared on the earth

In Alaska today, most populations are still healthy, but there are challenges ahead as decisions made in the near future about development of dams and large-scale mining could threaten important salmon runs.